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Unabated illegal wildlife trade prompts urgent call for stronger action in the Lower Mekong
The variety and prevalence of illegal wildlife trade in several locations emphasised that the circumstances facilitating illegal trade have not only remained but, in some cases, proliferated.
Bold idea to solve pollution crisis
Let’s create a new, transboundary market to avoid pollution. This market would be comparable to the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM), which is quickly becoming a key driver of climate action, as governments fail to act boldly.
Laos establishes task force to police social media platforms
Recent years have also seen an upswing of surveillance and persecution of Lao citizens for critical comments posted online. A representative case was the September 2019 arrest of the social media influencer Houayheuang Xayabouly, then 30, also known as Muay, who was detained after she posted a video on Facebook criticizing the government’s delayed response to floods caused by a dam collapse. She was subsequently sentenced to five years imprisonment.
Rural Poverty Drives Child Labor in Laos Despite State Laws Prohibiting The Practice
Child labor remains widespread in Laos, particularly in ethnic minority communities in rural areas where minors forego schooling to perform agricultural work or stay at home taking care of younger siblings while their parents work on farms, undermining efforts to educate impoverished children, provincial teachers and education officials said Wednesday.
‘Mangroves are life’: the female conservationists rewilding the Cambodian coast
The campaign, She Is The Answer, supports communities to become more resilient by training women to take up climate-adaptive livelihoods. The work is underpinned by research that has shown female empowerment to be one of the most effective solutions at our disposal in tackling global heating.
China-backed AIIB leaves door open to lending to Myanmar’s junta
The statement comes as governments and companies with interests in Myanmar are under increasing pressure to sever links with the country’s military junta after it overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi’s administration and cracked down on protesters.
Coal-powered developments threaten Cambodia’s largest national park
Within a protected area covered by a patchwork of plantations, Cambodian officials are making space for yet another industrial zone, and a new coal-fired power plant
Illegal company stopped from filling flooded forest in Banteay Meanchey
Chan Ra, a resident of Prasath village, said that he believes local authorities conspired with a local company to clear land in the protected area.
Non-governmental organisations plea for action on wild bird protection
The Vietnam Environment Administration under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment announced that 18 international and domestic non-governmental organisations have signed in a letter sent to the PM to adopt policies intended to protect wild birds.